Divided in Detroit:
Arabs and Jews Clash
Over Mideast War

Rallies Heat Up the Rhetoric
And Fray Fragile Bonds;
'We Are the Underdogs'

By

Gina Chon and

Jeffrey Zaslow

Updated July 22, 2006 11:59 p.m. ET

DETROIT -- In recent days, thousands of Arab-Americans have rallied here in response to the Middle East conflict. At one mosque, 200 people applauded a speaker who called Israelis "barbaric" and "not human" and accused Israel of having secret chemical weapons that destroy the internal soft tissues of Arabs. In nearby Dearborn, adults and children jammed the streets to cheer for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

Separately, thousands of local Jews have rallied in support of Israel. At a rally in a...